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Modular Messaging and fax servers
November 2004
Avaya Modular Messaging Concepts and
Planning Guide
7-5
Providing interoperability with third-party fax
servers
Avaya Modular Messaging—Microsoft Exchange version and Avaya
Modular Messaging—IBM Lotus Domino version require a third-party
fax server for fax messaging.
This section describes how third-party fax servers interoperate with
Avaya Modular Messaging.
Note: The hardware and software required for the third party fax
server must be provided by the customer. For information on
the fax server hardware and software recommended for a
particular switch integration type, see the configuration notes
available at http://support.avaya.com. These configuration
notes also provide information on where the fax server can be
installed.
An overview of third-party fax servers
Avaya Modular Messaging, in conjunction with a compatible,
customer-provided, third-party fax server, offers the following fax
features:
! A subscriber mailbox can receive and store fax messages.
! Subscribers can forward fax messages and e-mail messages to fax
devices for printing.
! Subscribers can forward a copy of their inbox listing to a fax
device through the telephone user interface (TUI).
! Subscribers can forward a fax message with a voice annotation.
! Fax senders can leave fax-only messages for subscribers.
! Subscribers can print e-mail messages that have attachments (for
example, a document in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel
format), to a fax device. The fax server converts such attachments
to fax format. The types of attachments that can be printed to a
fax device depend on the capabilities of the fax server.
Incoming faxes Receipt of incoming faxes can take place in several ways, depending on
how the system is set up with Direct Inward Dialing (DID):
! On systems with DID, callers call into a subscriber mailbox and
press Start on the fax device.